Tire tool



May 8, 1923. 1,454,320

T. B. JENKINS TIRE TOOL Filed Jan. 13, 1922 Zlwuantoz Quorum the tireitself Patented May 8, i923.

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TIRE TOOL.

Application filed January 13, 1922. Serial No. 528,941.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. JENKINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Richmond, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, haveinventeda new and useful Tire .Tool, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to simple and efficient tool, which. maybe conveniently carried by an automobile, for facilitating the removalof detachable tires from the carrying wheel and for removing from thesupporting rim.

he accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. Fig. 1 is aperspective view of the tool; Fig. 2, a side elevation showing themanner of its use in removing the tire from the rim; and Fig. 3, a sideelevation showing the manner of its use in removing the nuts whichretain a detachable rim upon a Wheel.

The tool consists of a strip 10 of tempered spring steel somewhatsimilar to a leaf of a leaf spring. At an intermediate point the strip10 is laterally displaced to form a bulge 11 which is perforated at 12in such form as to properly embrace the nut of a bolt which is commonlyused for retaining a detachable tire rim upon a wheel. The ulge 11 ispreferably comparatively close to one end of the strip 10 and itslateral displacement from the main line of the strip is such as toreferred to in such manner that both ends of the strip will clear therim in turning the nut in either direction. The end of provide a maypermitapplication to the nut strip 10 which is perforated at 13 in thetire retainin end of the strip is rounded as indicated at 14 to providefor proper clearances. Strip 10, at the end opposite the perforation 13,is thinned so as to form a comparatively thin end 15 which may bereadily inserted between the rim and tire so that the tire may be priedloose from the rim.

11 many instances the tire retaining nut be loosened and. removed .byapplying the tool to the nut at the perforation 12; but if the nut isset up especially hard, a greater leverage is required to start the nutand it is for this reason that the perforation 13 is provided, thusfurnishingalonger leverage through which force can be exerted on the nutthrough an angle of about 120 and, after the nut has been loosened, thetool may be shifted so that perforation 12 is nearest the bulge 11 issuch form as to embrace nuts, and the adjacent applied to the nut andthereafter the-nut can be continuously turned off.

claim as my invention: As an article of manufacture, a tire toolconsisting of a substantially rigid but resilient metal strip having alateral. bulge at an intermediate point. said bulge being provided witha nut receiving and turning portion.

In witness whereof I, THOMAS B. JENKINS, have hereunto set my hand atRichmond, Indiana, this 15th day of December, A. D. one thousand ninehundred and twenty-one.

THOMAS BRACE'Y JENKINS.

